Player Review

90 - Rare

5.0

Worth Every Penny

By DanM1992, 04-11-2020

Packed Kenny Dalglish really early on and was blessed with the 1.5 mil to build a beast of a team this early.

Looked at all the defenders in the Prem and knew VVD was the one I needed to have as my main CB.

Pace: quick enough to catch most, in all fairness if the player has a couple of yards on you, you won't catch them, but if you're level, he'll bully them off the ball with enough pace. Joe Gomez i find is the player to have to catch a player with a couple of yards. VVD typically struggles against anybody with 84-85+ pace - 7/10

Shooting: N/A - Centre back, only scored headers off corners - 5/10?

Passing: good enough, plays a great long over the top through ball. - 7/10

Dribbling: fine, he's not the worst - problem mainly is low agility, don't spend forever on the ball with him, you won't be able to dribble away from the quicker players with him because he turns like a boat - 6/10

Defending: Obviously his best stat, he's a joke. Wins tackles and blocks he has no right to, regularly makes a Wan-Bissaka slide tackle from about 10 yards away and cleanly comes away with the ball. if you want someone who wins tackles and they stay tackled, he is the man. - 10/10

Physical: close second to defending, great in the air, really strong and really aggressive in the tackle. Never had a booking or a red with him despite him absolutely railroading players on the regular with his physical. Scores loads of front post corners with his heading. Stamina is okay but gets tired late on which is not ideal if you're defending a lead. - 10/10

Overall, top defender, I've used majority of the high end current CB's (Haven't delved into icons yet) and he is far and away the best, closely followed by Varane and Joe Gomez.

Negative side, the price. at 400-415k on Xbox he's really expensive this early on, if you've got the coins I'd recommend him but maybe wait until he's cheaper but if you want to try him, he's worth every penny. He won't be leaving my team any time in the near future though that's for sure.

Pace - less than 84 pace they're not getting away
Defending - Surgical precision
Physical - tank
Heading on corners - gets up
long Passing - over the top through's

Pace against 84-85+ pace players
shooting? don't think I've had a shot with him
Price - expensive...he is worth every penny though
agility - turns like a boat on the ball
stamina - gets tired towards the end of a game (Last 5/10 mins, can cause issues defending a lead)

Formation: 4222

Position: CB

Games: 85

GPG: 0.32

APG: 0.22

5.0

Overall

4.5

Value

5.0

4.0

Stamina

Pace (7/10)

Shooting (5/10)

Passing (7/10)

Dribbling (6/10)

Defending (10/10)

Physicality (10/10)

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